The Prime Minister of Vietnam, H.E. Mr Nguyen Tan Dung, will make an official visit to Australia from 16-18 March as a guest of the Commonwealth Government. Prime Minister Dung’s visit will underscore the strength and breadth of the Australia-Vietnam bilateral relationship and our trade and investment, education and people-to-people ties. His visit is an […]
The Commonwealth Government will strengthen Tasmanian business, investment and jobs through a $203 million expansion to the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme. From 1 January 2016, the Scheme will be extended to goods going to markets not currently covered by the Scheme. Tasmanian businesses selling these goods will be able to claim $700 per shipping container. Shippers […]
Lausanne, March 16 US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a five-hour discussion with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad here on Monday over Tehran’s long-disputed nuclear programme. They were was joined by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who already met earlier on Sunday […]
Moscow, March 16 A resident of Sevastopol in Crimea, the region which acceded to Russia from Ukraine last year, is suing Google over suspended internet services, Tass news agency reported Monday. Sevastopol’s Leninsky district court accepted Dmitry Mishin’s claim that the internet giant incorrectly implemented the US president’s executive order when it suspended certain services […]
New Delhi, March 16 India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, declined further to (-) 2.06 percent for February from (-) 0.39 percent for the month before thanks to a 14.72 percent drop in the index for petroleum fuels and power, official data showed Monday. Among the other two major indices, the index […]
Mumbai, March 15 With over 99 percent of permitted investment levels for overseas investors already exhausted, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will on Monday auction investment limits for government debt securities worth Rs.893 crore. The BSE, in a circular, said the auction will take place on its “ebidxchange” platform between 3.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. […]
Mumbai, March 14 India’s foreign exchange reserves decreased by $286.3 million to $337.79 billion for the week ended March 6, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. The reserves had increased by $3.88 billion to $338.07 billion for the previous week ended Feb 27. In the week ended Feb 20 the reserves were up by […]
Mumbai, March 14 Negative global cues and disappointing retail inflation data, led a benchmark index of Indian equities markets to its worst weekly fall in 2015. The barometer index of the Indian equities market, the benchmark 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) plunged 945.65 points or 3.21 percent during the […]
Tasmania’s economy will receive a $40 million injection and more than 400 new jobs will be created thanks to the $13 million Australian Government Innovation and Investment Fund and $27 million in matching investment by local businesses. Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane said,”Forty one businesses across the State will receive from $50,000 to […]
Washington, March 11 Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has jumped into a war of words between the White House and Senate Republicans over a letter to the government of Iran on a potential deal over its nuclear programme. Jindal, who is testing the waters for a 2016 presidential run, issued a call on Tuesday for […]